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Jeremy N. Smith is an American journalist and author known for his works on science, health, and technology.
Known for: Epic Measures: One Doctor. Seven Billion Patients.
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Epic Measures: One Doctor. Seven Billion Patients.
Epic Measures tells the story of Dr. Christopher Murray and his quest to quantify global health through the Global Burden of Disease study. The book explores how data-driven insights can transform public health policy and improve lives worldwide.
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The Early Vision: One Doctor’s Determination to Measure the World’s Health
From an early age, Christopher Murray was defined by curiosity and moral clarity. Growing up the son of missionaries in Niger, he witnessed firsthand the effects of poor health systems and preventable suffering. Those childhood impressions stayed with him. Later, as a student at Harvard and Oxford, ...
From Epic Measures: One Doctor. Seven Billion Patients.
Building the Global Burden of Disease Study: A Revolution Born in Data
By the early 1990s, Murray, now collaborating with economist Alan Lopez and supported by the World Bank, had begun turning his ideas into practice. Their goal was audacious: to calculate, with unprecedented precision, the comparative toll of all diseases, injuries, and risk factors across countries....
From Epic Measures: One Doctor. Seven Billion Patients.
About Jeremy N. Smith
Jeremy N. Smith is an American journalist and author known for his works on science, health, and technology. His writing has appeared in The Atlantic, Discover, and The New York Times.
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